Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen

The Folkwang University of the Arts is the central and only educational institution in North Rhine-Westphalia for music, theater, dance, design, and science. Since 1927, in accordance with the Folkwang idea of interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts, a wide variety of art forms and disciplines have been united under one roof.
International dancers have been trained at the Folkwang University of the Arts since 1927. Many important figures are associated with this university, including world-famous personalities such as Folkwang co-founder Kurt Jooss and his student Pina Bausch. Folkwang dance training is interdisciplinary, tradition-conscious, versatile, and open-minded.